Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

The Leopold Center is a research and education center on the campus of Iowa State University created to identify and reduce negative environmental and social impacts of farming and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources. The Center's work is focused in these initiatives - ecological systems research, marketing and food systems research, policy research and cross-cutting research that bridges all areas (water, energy, soil and alternative farming systems).

Landscape transformation

Here's a look at work crews as they install a buffer along Bear Creek in Story County as part of a Leopold Center research team project. That was in the early 1990s; now the site is part of the Bear Creek National Demonstration Watershed, one of the most studied riparian buffers in Iowa. For more historical milestones, visit an interactive timeline of the Center's 25-year history. More about the research team and what the area looks like today.
Previous Frontpage Features

Shivvers Lecture

What does an ecologist and mother have to say about the environment? Sandra Steingraber will bring a unique perspective when she comes to Ames on Sunday, March 4. News release

If you missed Fred Kirschenmann's Tedx talk about soil, listen to it here.